John Edwards Conway

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John Edwards Conway (born September 1, 1934 in Joplin , Missouri , †  June 1, 2014 in Albuquerque , New Mexico ) was an American lawyer and politician . After his appointment by President Ronald Reagan , he served as a federal judge in the federal district court for the district of New Mexico from 1986 .

Career

After attending school, John Conway enrolled at the United States Naval Academy , where he received a bachelor's degree in 1956 . He then enlisted in the United States Air Force , from whose active service he retired in 1960 with the rank of lieutenant . He was a member of the Air Force Reserve until 1970. After retiring from the military, he graduated from the Law School of Washburn University in Kansas, from which he received his Bachelor of Laws in 1963 , after which he began to work as a lawyer in Santa Fe . In 1964 he moved his practice to Alamogordo , where he lived until 1980. He also acted there from 1966 to 1972 as a city trial lawyer. From 1970 to 1980 Conway sat in the Senate of New Mexico , where he held the position of minority leader of the Republican opposition faction from 1972 . In 1980 he finally settled in Albuquerque and went back to his practice as a private lawyer.

On May 14, 1986, Conway was appointed a judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico by President Reagan ; he succeeded Bobby Ray Baldock , who moved to the federal appeals court for the tenth judicial district. After confirmation by the US Senate on June 13 of the same year, he was able to take office three days later. From 1986 to 2000 he was Chief Judge Chairman of this federal court . On September 1, 2000, his 66th birthday, he switched to senior status and thus effectively retired. His seat fell to William Paul Johnson ; James Aubrey Parker presided over the court . Conway then worked as a judge at the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2002 to 2007 . He died on June 1, 2014 in Albuquerque and was buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: 2003 Membership
personal data
SURNAME Conway, John Edwards
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Joplin , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 2014
Place of death Albuquerque , New Mexico